date:Jan 04, 2013
increases to maintain their competitiveness, the food and drink industry would not.
Forced to relocate abroad
The FDF warned that, without an exemption, firms may be forced to relocate abroad.
Andrew Kuyk, director of sustainability at the FDF, supported the decision to reward low-carbon energy providers, but felt the government was going too far, too fast. He said the exemption regime should be extended to food and drink firms to recognise the sector's importance to the UK economy.
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